REAP's Talent Development Initiative
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This weekend, our traditional dance club, Urwererane, had the honor of joining their teacher to celebrate his wedding by performing traditional dances. It was a beautiful moment of joy and culture!
Positive Parenting
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REAP hosted a positive parenting workshop on home-based literacy, reading aloud, storytelling and games for parents in our Early Childhood Development Program.
Mental Health Support
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Each week trained REAP staff members meet with students in our Vocational Training Center to give them mental health support and to help them build social emotional skills.
Ineza Football Academy
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Our Ineza Football Academy played with Nyinawajambo,a REAP’s school partner. REAP’s under 13 team won 2-0.
Youth Empowerment
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Ineza Acrobatics Club detects and develops youth’s acrobatic talent in addition to entertaining community members. Students enjoyed a performance by the acrobatic club on their last day of vacation.
End of the second semester in our Early Childhood Development program
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Today marks the end of the second semester for the young learners in our Early Childhood program, and it's a moment for celebration. Parents were impressed by the remarkable progress their children have made across various crucial domains. From fostering physical fitness, practicing healthy nutrition, to nurturing social-emotional connections, cognitive abilities, and language skills, our collective efforts have borne fruit.
International Women's Day
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Friday, March 8th was International Women's Day and March is Women's History month. The children in our mobile library program are celebrating by supporting the women in their community. After a reading session they helped an elderly woman with a disability with her housework.
Public Health Event
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In partnership with Awaken Her NGO, REAP held an event on Friday to screen for and help build awareness for breast and cervical cancer.
Ineza Vocation Training Center
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Our Vocational Training Center opens today. The goal is to teach sewing skills to youths who drop out school and teenager mothers so that they can start businesses to generate income.
Early Childhood Development and Education training
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Our Early Childhood Development and Education staff received training in planning and curriculum development by our partner, NGO Teach Rwanda which specializes in teacher education.
Rollins University staff visit in Rwanda
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Rollins University staff traveled from Florida to visit the Ineza Center and see the projects they’ve collaborated on first hand.
REAP Community Board
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Our community board helped a REAP beneficiary in community work to make a home garden where she can grow vegetables and fight malnutrition
GLOW club end year celebration
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This Saturday our GLOW (Girls Lead Our World) club ended the year by celebrating their achievements and making plans for next year.
Campaign against Gender Based Violence
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In recognition of the 16 day campaign against Gender Based Violence, REAP is supporting GBV victims by offering scholarships in our vocation training center for them to learn sewing skills.
REAP Executive Director visit
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REAP's Executive Director, Ed Ballen, was on site in Rwanda for 2 weeks. He was able to see many of our projects and he had a good time visiting members of the community.
Get tested, Stay healthy, End HIV stigma!
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Through our partnership with the University of Rwanda’s School of Nursing, we are conducting community public health outreach every three months. This time, 39 people tested positive for HIV/AIDS. Twenty people tested positive for non-communicable diseases. They all met with nurses for additional care and counseling.
REAP conducts a community-wide campaign on sexual and reproductive health education and sexually transmitted diseases
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Our Sexual and Reproductive Health Education club collaborated with INEZA Football Academy (our community children soccer team) to conduct a community-wide campaign on sexual education and the prevention of teen pregnancy and school dropout. Jerome (our football coach) ran a community-wide soccer tournament where youth teams from all six communities in Musha played knock-off matches and the big finale.
REAP Country Director selected by the U.S. Embassy in Kigali to lead a cross-border civic engagement program
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Hosted by the American Centers at U.S. Embassies in Kigali and Kampala, the program focuses on understanding and developing strategies to strengthen civic engagement and youth leadership. Because of his ten-year experience in youth leadership and civic engagement, Jean Paulin Mutatsineza was selected as a panel speaker during this three-session event.
This international program targets youth leaders, journalists, social media practitioners, and members of civil society.
REAP was appointed to represent other NGOs on the Musha Sector early childhood council!
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Comprising various partners in early childhood education and development, such as the Musha Health Center, Musha Sector leadership, and community health workers, the committee meets every three months to evaluate and initiate early childhood strategies that support the holistic growth of children under 6 in Musha. The strategies foster proper nutrition, maternal health, and quality preschool instruction. REAP's Early Childhood Manager was selected to represent all other NGOs working on early childhood in Musha.
Mobile library project
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Our mobile library project continues to operate throughout the summer vacation. Readers meet children at 7 church sites. They will teach children Rwandan proverbs, do read alouds and play games such as soccer.
